A Misunderstanding

"Where did that man go? If he's off flirting…I'll…" Sango clinched her fists. Somehow Miroku had slipped away without her noticing and despite what he had said to her she could just imagine him surrounded with pretty girls. "Kirara, can you find him?"

Little Kirara cocked her head at Sango, "Meow." She ran forward searching for his scent and quickly led Sango to the market area. Sango blinked and looked around; there were shops here but no groups of pretty girls surrounding Miroku, just people shopping. So where was Miroku? Just then he walked out of a shop, putting a package in his kimono.

Miroku looked up and saw Sango, he wondered if she saw him with the gift. Deciding to play it off he walked towards her smiling.

"Miroku, why did you sneak off? If you needed to buy something, you could have just told me. I thought you were…never mind. What did you buy?"

"Sneak? I did not sneak off. You were talking to that man and I remembered I needed more ink… Wait you thought I was off flirting didn't you? After everything I've told you, you thought the first moment that I'm away from you that I'd do that? That I'd risk messing things up by doing something so stupid. Obviously you don't trust me much do you?" Hurt, Miroku sighed deeply and turned away from her.

Sango felt terrible for she had thought badly of him and not for a minute had she given him the benefit of doubt. She turned to apologize but Miroku was walking away from her.

"Meow." Kirara stared at her.

"Yes, I'll apologize. Come on before we lose him." Those words rang in her mind. Sango wanted to try being a couple but she had to let him know or he would be forever lost to her. Quickly she caught up to him but he spoke first.

"Inuyasha and Kagome have probably finished their search. We should be quick and do the same. Let's not dally anymore." Miroku guessed that she wanted to apologize but it hurt that she thought so little of him. Yes, he'd played around in the past but after opening up to her, well he'd thought she'd at least trust him a little. Maybe he was expecting too much, too soon. In any case, he didn't want to talk so he stuck with the business at hand, to see if any demons had been seen.

An hour or so later, things were still tense between them and they were in a less populated area of the village about to turn back and look for Inuyasha when Miroku felt a demon presence.

"Do you feel that Sango?"

"Yes, a demonic aura. Kirara senses it too." The little cat had stiffened and begun to growl. She ran forward, away from the village, stopped and looked back at them.

"It appears to be just inside the forest. Shall we Sango?"

"Let's. I need to work off some tension and fighting a demon will help. When we're done I'd like to clear things up between us, so let's take care of this quickly."

Miroku looked at her, knowing she was talking about before. He wasn't sure that was a conversation he was ready to have but nodded at her before running into the forest with her at his side.